Scripture Post #804: *DEACON QUALIFICATIONS*

1st Timothy 3:10: "And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless."

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This Scripture was from Apostle Paul, unto Timothy, his son in the faith (1st Tim. 1:1-2).

Deacons must be proved and "…found blameless." A certain level of seriousness should be upheld when it comes to tending to GOD's people. We shouldn't take our jobs in the world more seriously than we do our tasks in GOD's Church. 

Context:

1st Tim. 3:8: "Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;"

V. 9: "Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience."

V. 10: "And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless."

V. 11: "Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things."

V. 12: "Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well."

V. 13: "For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus."

Originally Published: Tue. 11/25/14